ibtte of: EIGHTEENTH YEAlt. NOltTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MAY 18, 1002. NO. 82 WW Mi 1 .'V,1 i Commencing Monday, May 12, wc celebrate our first Anniversary in business here with the greatest sale of Men's and Hoy's Clothing Hats and F urnishing Goods that was ever inaugurated in North Platte. OUT Business Career is an open secret to every man woman or child in North Platte. We Never Tried to Cheapen quality to meet competition, we always sold fresh, clean goods, the best obtainable on the market, and always 1 1 1 tff!i1. T1- M.! A. t -wri 1 . t ... .... unuersom our competitors. Willi IMS UDjeci 111 View our support uy tne people nas been ol the most liberal kind ever shown to any firm and today wc can, with pleasure, point to the many customers of ours who are coming here, not because of our good looks it is for the cause of their pocket books, the way wc make their money go the farthest, the way to economy with the highest quality is security. Read every item carefully as every article advertised is a bargain in itself. Come and satisfy yourself as to how big a bargain you can get. Everything has been marked down special for this sale and the prices are all in plain figures. Ollf Great Motto "One Mail's Dollar is Worth as MUCh as another S Hundred Cents" and the only clothing house in North Platte that gives such dealings to the people. Atiuiversary Sale Prices of Men's, Boy's and Children's Clothing, Hoys' Overalls, in blue ami Stripes, Anniversary Sale Boys' Long1 Pants, Anniversary Sale price Men's Pants, Anniversary Sale price Men's all wool Washington Mills Serge Suits in black and blue, ele gantly made up garment and war ranted fast color, a good $10 suit. Self retainable fronts. Anniversary Sale price per suit $6.75 Men's all wool unfinished Wor sted Suits in blue and Oxford gray, sold in all other clothing- houses m North Platte at $7.50. Anniver sary Sale price per suit. . . .$5.00 Men's Oxford gray all wool Serge and Clay "Worsteds, also a lot of patterns in the latest stripes and checks, expert cutting- and trimming, self retaining front and shoulders, a nice all around suit for $12.50. Anniversary Sale price per suit $10.00 Men's extra fine Summer Dress Suits in a large variety of Unfinished, Crepe and Fancy Worsteds, representing the leading makers of ready made clothing in America others ask from $15 to $18 for them. Anniversary Sale price, your choice, per suit $12.00 Anniversary Sale of Boys' long- Pants Suits and Child's 3 piccc knee Pants. Right here, mothers, is where wc make your pocket book go the farthest in our Boys' Department. Boys' long- Pants Suits, ages 14 to l'J, in all wool unfinished Worsteds in gray and stripes, a nice summer suit. Anni versary Sale price per suit $3.50 Boys' long Pants Suits, ages 14 tol'J, in all wool Cheviot, Vicunas and all wool single or double breasted Serges, all of the finest cut and trimming. Anni ersary Sale price $4,50, $5.75, $f 75 and $7.75 per suit. Boys' 3-piccc knee pants Suits, ages 3 to 8 and 'J to U, the newest assortment in North Platte. Anniversary Sale price $1.75, $2.22, $2.50, $3.00 and up, 25c 50c 50c 35c Men's Overalls, Anniversary Sale price.. . Men's Shoes, Anniversary Sale price $1.00 Men's line Dress Shoes in a large assortment of leather shapes and toes. We carry the largest lot of Men's Shoes in North Platte. Evcrv pair guaranteed. Anniversary Sale price on all $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes " $2.50 This is the month that wc have to get down our stock of felt hats. All of our men's fine $2.50 and $3.00 hats during our Auuivcrsary Sale go at $2.00 Boys' Knee Pants, Aniversary Sale price . 20c Wc arc just opening up our new purchase of Straw Hats for Men and Boys. Come to see them. They arc worth looking at They represent the latest styles in Straw Hats for Men and Boys. As our space is limited wc can't quote as many prices as we would like but the only way you can satisfy yourself i.i to com j and see. Our policy has always been "You are treated just as courteous if you only want to look." Wc do not tell you you must buy, but we suggest for you to come, and the rest is left to you. R First Door South McDonald's Bank Sam Rosenborg Proprietor. by Carriages .v. Wc have just received li a large line of Baby ! Carriages, which have ,y such a wide range in price that wc can suit anybody's pocket book. An inspection of these carriages is invited. Gasoline Stoves. We arc handling Hie Standard Single Generator Gas olene and Kerosene Stoves and have a large stock of them ranging in price from three dollars to twenty-seven dol lars. One of these stoves burns either gasolene or kerosene, just as you choose We will be glad to show the merits of these stoves to intending purchasers. Of course we still sell Kurniturc, Matting-, Wall Paper and Picture Moulding, and have gained the reputation of selling goods a shade lower than other dealers. Howe's Furniture Store. JOHN UHAI I. vAiVVWVVVVVVWVW E R. COODMAN. JOHN BR ATT 6t CO., Real Estate, Loans & Insurance Idlenoney Invested In (lilt Edged Securities X NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. X THS Five rent CMr C.S1 jprgKTTr-' tTTBT Ml I WW1 1 I in A.T SCHMALZEIBD'S. Mrs. P. C. Meyers Injured. Mtb. P. C. Meyers, living near Paxton anil well known in this city, was thrown from a buggy by a run away team Saturday evening and sustained a fractured arm and seri ous internal injuries. Dr. Bedell of this city was summoned and found Mrs. Meyers in a bad condition, the most dangerous feature being tlie bursting of a kidney. Y. M. C. A. NOTE3. The request of the secretary last week that every chair be filled will) men on Sunday to hear A. F. Par sons speak on lOxcuses was beauti fully granted, every chair had its man and Mr. Parsons did not dis appoint his hearers. It was an ex cellent address. Our people arc book readers. Last month 511 books were drawn, almost as many as were drawn iroin the whole six associations on the Santa Fe system. Say fellows! You need a bath and it would not hurt you to read Home of those line books in the V. M. C. A. library. You can get these privileges with many others for less than a cent a day. Go up and see the secretary today. We received a call yesterday from Joseph Daskins, Joe says there is no place like the Y. M. C. A. Subscribers to the base ball fund will please pay up promptly as the suits will soon be here C. O. D. Barb Wire Baker's Perfect Barb Wire, Painted, per hundred $3.80. Baker's Perfect Barb Wire, galvanized per hundred $4.10 Wilcox 'Department Store Congressional Talk. P. M. Currie of Broken How was in Lexington and Co.ad looking after his political interests on the Platte for congress. It is general' ly understood that Mr. Currie will be a candidate. Judge Grimes of North Platte is also a candidate, and his friends arc confident that lie will go into the convention with a delegation from the 30th senator ial district, and if he is able to secure the control of this senatorial district he has a good chance of securing the nomination, which will mean his election. Gothenburg Independent. In speaking of the situation in this congressional district, the State Journal says in part: "It seems to be accepted as a fact out in the Sixth district that the Bur lington interests will ligbl tlie can didacy of Judge Grimes of North Platte tor congressman, wbile the Union Pacific and Klkhorn interests will demand the turning down ol Currie of Custer, judge Grimes lost in the first skirmish when the convention was taken to Crawford. His initial strength will come from the Thirteenth judicial district, in which nearly every county will in struct its delegation for him. Judge Kinkaid, a resident of IOlkhorn ter ritory, is said to be regarded by the Burlington as the best possible compromise. Others contend that the Burlington will lean to Beemau of Kearney it it cannot secure the nomination of Currie." never been represented by a repub lican, and they have but one candi date, the Hon. II. M. Grimes, Judge Crimen resides in the same city with Mr. Neville and is the logical opponent. He has a follow ing that will be with him at all times. There iR scarcely a voter in this judicial district that in op posed to him, regardless of party, and thia cud of the district is most justly entitled to the candidate. It nominated he will carry the dis trict by a handsome majority. Let Judge Grimes receive the nomina tion and republicans will be throughly united. Bayard Transcript. A good many ot the newspapers throughout this congressional dis trict are industriously booming favorite sons as successor to Hon. Win. Neyille. There are four or five counties in the extreme west ern end of the district that have BETWEEN THE ZtlVEUS. MebdamcBand Messrs VV. II. Hill, Dr. Win. lOycs, D, M. Lcypoldt, A. B. Goodwin, Miss Bessie lOshlcnian, Kayniond Miller, Bert Ilolltngs worth, A. J. Abbott and I. 10. Ware, all of Hershey attended the theatre at North Platte last Friday night. J. II. Ilcrshcy has been cnlaiging some of his tenant dwellings lately by making two out of three. 10. F. Seeberger shipped a car of baled hay west from Ilerahey recently. Geo. Smith and family of the county seat, were guests ol Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Miller in the valley Thursday last. An uncle and aunt who had been visiting A. A. Lti.iter and family at Herhhey for the past two weeks while eiiroute from a visit in Cali fornia to their home at Canton, III., resumed their journey yesterday. We understand that Frank lOshleinan has severed his connec tion as clerk in the Mickelseu store at IIiTohcy, Mrs. Howard Miles of Paxton, visited her husband who is erecting the new hotel at Hershey last week. Rev. Chamberlain of North Platte, M. 10. paBtor on this circuit, was calling on friends in this locality 011 Friday and Saturday of JaBt week. He met his regular appoint ments at Ilerahey on Sunday following-, Mr. Patterson ol the Gamble Laud Co., was looking after busi ness lnteresth in the valley laBt week. J. G. Fcekin and family attended Ascension Day scryiccB at the Catholic church in North Platte last Thursday. Mrs. O. II. IOycrly la carciug for about 250 young chickens at the present time. Kirs. Micklescn and daughter Gamett, have been visiting Mtb. C 10. Spear at Cozad lately. lOlmcr Mason of Paxton, was in Hershey with a wagon containing treshineaton Saturday. He had good success belling w,jc j towili J. C. Gygcr the Nichols creamery man who Bold his larm near that place to the Gambel Land Co.. of Omaha, has moved to Hershey and will conduct a milk route from there to Nichols. The early planted sugar beetB and corn arc being cultivated at the present time. The first crop of alfalfa will be ready for the mower the first of the coming month, J. L. Strickler departed for hia home at CoaUlield Saturday morn ing after transacting business here for a few days, 10. A, Stone lias his new resi dence in the village of Hershey about ready for occupancy. The new hotel at Hershey will be ready for plaBtermg 111 a day or two. MrH. Win. Ware has fully recov ered from her recent aeriouB illness. Chas. McAllister has lost a few fine yearling steera with the black le latelv.